Mobility 7970 CF better performance than GTX 590 ? ( according to notebookcheck)

[BlackStar2012]

I would hope so (With Xbox 720 having 2 GPUs). It's not even the graphics anymore that's the problem. The gameplay of the games being released to day is pretty bad IMO.

Plus Diablo 3 runs just fine on 6990M Xfire :P.

Diablo 3, guild wars 2, crysis 3, company of heroes 2, Blackops 2, elder wars mmo, swtor, wow, metro 2033, bf3 should all be fine on both systems (buying all of these will make me broke!)

[Zero989]

Diablo 3, guild wars 2, crysis 3, company of heroes 2, Blackops 2, elder wars mmo, swtor, wow, metro 2033, bf3 should all be fine on both systems (buying all of these will make me broke!)

Metro 2033 runs like crap on my system on max details. Crysis 2 does as well with DX11 but the programming has been questioned. There was tessellation in places that no one could see etc... poor optimization.

[BlackStar2012]

I would hope so (With Xbox 720 having 2 GPUs). It's not even the graphics anymore that's the problem. The gameplay of the games being released to day is pretty bad IMO.

Plus Diablo 3 runs just fine on 6990M Xfire :P.

Metro 2033 runs like crap on my system on max details. Crysis 2 does as well with DX11 but the programming has been questioned. There was tessellation in places that no one could see etc... poor optimization.

Crysis 2 has been badly optimised especially since they tried to cater to consoles as well but try lowering the settings on metro 2033 and you should be fine

[Zero989]

Crysis 2 has been badly optimised especially since they tried to cater to consoles as well but try lowering the settings on metro 2033 and you hours be fine

It does run fine on high, which is not the highest though :P. I had a GTX 480 (when it released!) before this system so it's nothing new to me.

[Kamzan]

No game that is out there, doesn't disturb the gtx 580 or to say doesn't even come close to use its max potential... So if 7970m CF is over gtx 580 i can gladly say that this is a very future proof system... And i even doubt that in the next two years there will be a game that will require more than gtx580 to be played on ultra settings...

[BlackStar2012]

No game that is out there, doesn't disturb the gtx 580 or to say doesn't even come close to use its max potential... So if 7970m CF is over gtx 580 i can gladly say that this is a very future proof system... And i even doubt that in the next two years there will be a game that will require more than gtx580 to be played on ultra settings...

But can it play crysis 1?!?! Sorry just had to xD

[TrantaLocked]

Metro 2033 runs like crap on my system on max details. Crysis 2 does as well with DX11 but the programming has been questioned. There was tessellation in places that no one could see etc... poor optimization.

How is that possible? CF 6990 and an i7? What FPS are we talking?

[Meaker]

It's not a mild downclock, the 590 is clocked 25% lower than the GTX580 and good luck trying to overclock it, you get very realistic smoke effects if you do (it already consumes 375W at stock).

[SlickDude80]

It's not a mild downclock, the 590 is clocked 25% lower than the GTX580 and good luck trying to overclock it, you get very realistic smoke effects if you do (it already consumes 375W at stock).

LOL @ the realistic smoke effects

ok, here is my thought process.

A single 7970m is directly comparable to a gtx 570m

Here is a 3dmark11 run i did last night:
AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-2820QM Processor,Alienware M17xR3 score: P7130 3DMarks

So if you crossfire them, and you get good scaling, you have a gtx 590. Meaker is correct, the gtx 590 is more gtx 570 sli because its downclocked

If you overclocked the 7970m's and xfire'd them, and you get good scaling, you would have faster than gtx 590 speeds. Its very plausible in my books

[GeoCake]

Found this bench on the 3DMark website: AMD Radeon HD 7970M video card benchmark result - Intel Core i7-3920XM Processor Extreme Edition,Alienware M18xR2 score: P10310 3DMarks

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